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January 28, 2013

Windows Phone Enjoys 50% Growth Of Market Share In Europe

(GSM Insider) - Windows Phone Enjoys 50% Growth Of Market Share In Europe.

The market share of Windows Phone still far behind Apple and Android, but the growth has been impressive recently especially in European countries. 

According to Kantar Worldpanel Com Tech, market share of Windows Phone in UK increased from 2.2% to 5.9% which is twice as much. Rivals BlackBerry suffered loss from 16% to 6.4% while Symbian decreased from 3% to 0.7%. Other rivals like Android increased from 60.7% to 66.6%. Apple declined as well from 34.1% to 32.4%. 

In European countries include UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy, Windows Phone increased 2.8% in market share. Windows Phone enjoyed the highest growth of 2.8% a year earlier to 13.9%. Seems like Italian are getting interested in Windows Phone. 

It is true that the Windows Phone enjoyed high growth rate in Europe, But it isn't impressive in China and United States. Microsoft needs to put more effort on Windows Phone for year 2013. 

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